"And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins."
(2 Nephi 25:23-26)

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Wow. So good. First of all, the temple trip. I brought a ton
of cards. We got 20 names done. The temple is so peaceful.

Today was the visit of President Nelson. That was great. It
was the 3 missions in El Salvador combined. Our mission put together a small
choir. I got to be in that choir. It honestly wasn´t the best sounding choir
I´ve been in, but the best part of it was that be got to be in front with all
the mission presidents, the Seventy, and President Nelson.

The temple trip and the visit took some time, so we´ve been
more busy than normal, but that´s ok. Someday we won´t be so busy. We´ve been
so tired lately. But oh well. It´s better this way. It makes us grow.

Mom asked how often I see Elder G. He was in the choir
to (we´re actually standing together in the picture) so lately I´ve been seeing
him about 2 times every week. But now I´ll probably see him at most once a
change. We´re like best friends now.

Well, things haven´t really calmed down much yet. I´m sooo
busy. So this will be a short one again.

Thoughts about this week in the order they came to mind:

1. We had changes this week again. Wow. Lots of work. And
yes, stress. But I´m managing it well.

2. Today I helped President and Hermana V with their
family history. That was really fun. The hardest part was helping them get over
the technological barrier. And finding out Hermana V´s password.

3. Last week the ward had a family history activity. Our
bishop asked for our help. I helped someone find 5 names. That was great too.

3. This morning I had to be in 5 places at once. We had
choir practice, we received a shipment from the distribution center, closed an
area, I had a meeting with President V, and I did my first baptism
interview. I´m now a district leader. It´s like President wants me to grow a
little bit more.

4. Elder V, the secretary with the most time in the
office is training this change. I´m the secretary with the second most time so
that would mean that it´s likely I train next change. That would put me leaving
the office in about 3 months.

5. Next Friday President Nelson will be coming to talk to
the 3 missions in El Salvador. That´s why we´re having choir practices. We´re
going to sing for that.

6. Pictures! One with Elder G, at choir practice, they
other at a service project. We were cleaning up trash. There is a lot of
trash in El Salvador.

7. Last week we actually were able to find 12 new
investigators. So far this week have 4.

8. Our most positive investigator is M. At first he
didn´t want anything to do with the church, but then he went to the temple activity.
Every since then it was different. He´s committed to coming to church this
week. He is seriously considering being baptised.

Thursday, August 13, 2015

August 7, 2015Well first of all, I´m now doing much better. I´m not sick anymore. I´m just somewhat tired. But that´s all.

Yesterday we had another trip to the temple for investigators. It was different this time because we were running it, not just attending. We were there all day. There were 3 sessions divided by location for the entire mission. In all, 1700 people came. It was a pretty big event.

The best part was when we saw everyone from Nueva Concepcion. Hermana V had assigned us to buy pizza for the missionaries that ran the temple activity. So Elder V and I took the mission pickup and went to Little Ceasers. When we came back there was a bus blocking the entrance to the temple so we were waiting outside the gate when suddenly Elder V told me to open the window. I did and there they were. We had a little reunion there in the street but then the guard got mad at us so we parked to car and ran back real quick. Their bus was waiting for everyone to get back so we got on the bus to say hi to everyone. There was President M, his wife, R, M, I and R (President M´s mom and sister, they got baptized too after I left), I (President M´s daughter), R (President M´s son), M, E, and D (President M´s grandkids), L, N, H, R and E, and M. While maybe not all those names are familiar to you, I was really excited to see them. Elder V too, because he actually started his mission in Nueva Concepcion.

R was so happy. He kept telling me over and over again, "I will never forget you." Over and over again. M seemed close to tears. I feel such a strong connection to the M family. Well, to everyone from Nueva Concepcion. I don´t think I will every feel like another area like I do about Nueva Concepcion. Unfortunately I didn´t get any pictures with them.

Elder Alden Hilton

Elder Alden Hilton is serving a two year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the El Salvador San Salvador East Mission, speaking Spanish. This blog will keep you updated on his adventures, emails, pictures, and mailing address.

Elder Hilton will return from his mission May 2016.

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